"When you're faced with a tough decision in life, you have two choices, you can sit in the corner and mope about it, or you can stand on the two feet God gave you, move on, and do something extraordinary."

The artist and bus driver had only heard good things about Australia and it prompted him to board a plane to come fight downunder, “ I heard the Aussies were good people and I thought this was a good opportunity to go to an event and do something different”.

Sylvana Plazanet has travelled nearly 3000 kilometres to participate in the Australian Masters Games, and she has arrived with her eyes on the prize. However, it's not just all about the competition for Sylvana.

You would not expect to see foils and sabres in contemporary Adelaide, but they have been out in abundance during the past three days at the 15th Australian Masters Games.
Adelaide local, Peter Barry, has seen it all before, “I have been fencing for 39 years now. It has been a big part of my life, I’ve been in fencing since I was at Adelaide University, and I’m now a coach at the Adelaide University Fencing Club so it’s been 39 years continuous fencing for me".

Tony Lewis and his wife Pauline met in their university's basketball club. The two have a great love for each other and basketball, and this year Tony has participated the Australian Masters Games for his fourth time.